BUSE vs. SRCE, SYBT, STBA, FBNC, TCBK, VBTX, PFBC, EFSC, PEBO, and HTLF
Should you be buying First Busey stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of First Busey include 1st Source (SRCE), Stock Yards Bancorp (SYBT), S&T Bancorp (STBA), First Bancorp (FBNC), TriCo Bancshares (TCBK), Veritex (VBTX), Preferred Bank (PFBC), Enterprise Financial Services (EFSC), Peoples Bancorp (PEBO), and Heartland Financial USA (HTLF). These companies are all part of the "state commercial banks" industry.
1st Source (NASDAQ:SRCE) and First Busey (NASDAQ:BUSE) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking and profitability.
1st Source has a net margin of 23.33% compared to 1st Source's net margin of 18.08%. First Busey's return on equity of 11.99% beat 1st Source's return on equity.
74.5% of 1st Source shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.5% of First Busey shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.4% of 1st Source shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 7.1% of First Busey shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
1st Source has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Busey has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
First Busey received 116 more outperform votes than 1st Source when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.40% of users gave 1st Source an outperform vote while only 54.71% of users gave First Busey an outperform vote.
1st Source currently has a consensus price target of $56.50, indicating a potential upside of 11.00%. First Busey has a consensus price target of $25.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.04%. Given 1st Source's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe First Busey is more favorable than 1st Source.
1st Source pays an annual dividend of $1.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. First Busey pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 1st Source pays out 27.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. First Busey pays out 48.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. 1st Source has increased its dividend for 36 consecutive years and First Busey has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
1st Source has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Busey. 1st Source is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Busey, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, First Busey had 15 more articles in the media than 1st Source. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for First Busey and 9 mentions for 1st Source. 1st Source's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat First Busey's score of -0.09 indicating that First Busey is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
1st Source beats First Busey on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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